I'm not an expert for this, and I hadn't even read most of the bylaws till you asked me this question. But with those two caveats: it looks good to me. +1
Actually as I was skimming the bylaws to check these changes, I was impressed by just how gender-neutral they already are. These will be minor changes. Best Regards, Myrle On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 1:56 AM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > At the last members meeting, the membership decided to recommend to the > board that we change the Bylaws to remove gender-specific terms in favor of > gender-neutral terms. This [1] is a draft of the resolution. > > Please take a look and see how well it serves the purpose. I expect that > some version of this will be voted at the September 16 board meeting. > > Thanks, > Craig > > [1] WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests > of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to be a > welcoming environment for all users and contributors regardless of their > sex, gender expression, or gender identity; and > > WHEREAS, the Bylaws include gender-specific terminology might not be > consistent with this goal; be it therefore > > RESOLVED, that the Bylaws be and hereby are modified to change all > instances of gender-specific terminology to gender-neutral terminology; > specifically changing "Chairman" to "Board Chair", "Vice Chairman" to "Vice > Chair", "chairman" to "chair", "his or her" to "their", "him/her" to > "their", "his, her, or their" to "their", "he or she" to "they", and "his, > her, or its" to "their". > > Craig L Russell > c...@apache.org > >
